2009 MotoGP - Motegi Picture 34 of 47

Photo 34 of 47

Nicky Hayden: 'That was exactly what we didn’t need. I got a decent start and I think I was up a couple of positions but just going down into the hairpin, which is a slow hard-braking corner, I was on my line and Takahashi just took me down. There was no warning - I didn’t even hear anything!'